FC: Big Ten officials apparently not very popular in GA
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I laughed when they said the refs were from the B1G. I thought to myself, boy this could get ugly and as always they lived up to my opinion of them.
Southern Speed no match for Midwestern Malofficiance
They’re not very popular in Big 10(14) country either.....except in the states of Ohio and Michigan.
And that exception is usually void on one day late each November.
And that exception is usually void on one day late each November.
Man. I figured whoever would play Alabama would get hosed, which is one of the reasons I knew the "selection process" was fixed, but all these videos I'm watching make it look even more blatant than even I thought it would be!!!
Add to that, Georgia was forced to play an extra game just to prove they were worthy. What a bunch of chumps.
The history since being in the Big 10 is officiating looks at one team that doesn't do anything right ( the microscope), the other team does nothing wrong (the blinders).
I hate BIG officiating, but honestly wouldn’t hosing Bama be smarter? I mean it is Bama who kept the sweethearts from Columbus from another embarrassment.
I'm all ready to buy the conspiracy, given PSU's history, but then I look at the examples and they're just not very compelling.
The LOS calls .... The first one, the Alabama receiver is lined up 2 yards back from the LOS-- the play is designed for him to be moving forward at the snap and that is legal. If he's in the neutral zone at the snap, it's by inches and wouldn't have been visible in real time. Also didn't make a bit of difference in the play.
Meanwhile on the punt block, it sure looks to me like the Ga. defender is in the neutral zone when the ball is snapped and his ability to jump the snap was the key to the play.
The shove on the QB's head was marginal. It should have been called if the Alabama D was getting chippy and there was a need for the officials to make a statement. But by itself, little extra shoves aren't called a lot of the time unless they're an attempt to injure someone. It's unnecessary roughness but depending on the situation it might be a little cheap to call it.
Contrast that one with the no-call on the Washington player targeting McSorley helmet to helmet after McSorley had slid and given himself up.
If this is the best Atlanta fans can come up with in a whole game of film, I don't see a big problem.
The LOS calls .... The first one, the Alabama receiver is lined up 2 yards back from the LOS-- the play is designed for him to be moving forward at the snap and that is legal. If he's in the neutral zone at the snap, it's by inches and wouldn't have been visible in real time. Also didn't make a bit of difference in the play.
Meanwhile on the punt block, it sure looks to me like the Ga. defender is in the neutral zone when the ball is snapped and his ability to jump the snap was the key to the play.
The shove on the QB's head was marginal. It should have been called if the Alabama D was getting chippy and there was a need for the officials to make a statement. But by itself, little extra shoves aren't called a lot of the time unless they're an attempt to injure someone. It's unnecessary roughness but depending on the situation it might be a little cheap to call it.
Contrast that one with the no-call on the Washington player targeting McSorley helmet to helmet after McSorley had slid and given himself up.
If this is the best Atlanta fans can come up with in a whole game of film, I don't see a big problem.
I didn't read through your whole post, but you can't be moving forward at the snap, only parallel. You're thinking of Canadian football.
No. Bama will still be Bama win or lose. I would think that it's smarter to knock UGA down a bit. Don't want to create two juggernauts in the SEC.
As others have pointed out, offensive players aren't permitted to be moving forward when the ball is snapped.
On the punt block, two of the Alabama players in the backfield began moving prior to the snap. The Georgia player started to move after the first Alabama player moved.
The head shove certainly wasn't marginal. It was a classic case of unsportsmanlike conduct. The play was over and there was no reason for further contact.
